Seasonal record

A type of stipend under the Ritsuryo system. According to the provisions of the Roku-ryo of the Yoro Code, it was paid to civil and military officials in Kyoto (those who held posts of the fourth-class in various government offices, whose ranks were determined by the Kan-i-Ryo) and to officials in Dazaifu, Iki, and Tsushima according to the rank of the post they held. The year was divided into two, with spring and summer stipends paid in early February and autumn and winter stipends paid in early August, but if the number of days of work in the six months prior to the month of payment did not reach 120, the stipend was not paid. The contents of the stipend were silk, cotton, cloth, and a hoe, but thread was given instead of cotton for the spring and summer stipends, and iron instead of a hoe for the autumn and winter stipends. The financial resources for these seasonal stipends came from tributes paid to the Ministry of Finance from various provinces.

[Yoshioka Masayuki]

"A Study on the Ritsuryo Officials' Salary System" by Takahashi Takashi (1970, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)

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律令(りつりょう)制における俸禄の一種。養老(ようろう)令の禄令の規定によれば、在京の文武の職事官(しきじかん)（官位令に官位相当が定められている、諸官庁の四等官クラスのポストについている者）および大宰府(だざいふ)・壱岐(いき)・対馬(つしま)の職事官に対して、その在任するポストの相当位に応じて支給された。1年を二分し、春・夏の禄は2月上旬に、秋・冬の禄は8月上旬にそれぞれ給されるが、支給される月以前の半年間の出勤日数が120日に達しない場合には支給されない。禄物の内容は絁(あしぎぬ)・綿・布・鍬(くわ)であるが、春・夏の禄では綿にかえて糸が、秋・冬の禄には鍬にかえて鉄が支給された。これらの季禄の財源は、大蔵省に納められる諸国よりの調庸物をもって充当した。

［吉岡眞之］

『高橋崇著『律令官人給与制の研究』（1970・吉川弘文館）』

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